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TextCommission Chairman Peter F. Murphy, Jr.- Planning Commission
Commissioner Peter F. Murphy, Jr. - Springfield District
Serving his 24th year on the
Planning Commission, Peter F. Murphy, Jr., was first appointed by the
Board of Supervisors to represent the Springfield District in December
1982 upon a motion by then Supervisor Marie Travesky. He has subsequently
been reappointed by the Board for additional four-year terms in 1986,
1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006, on motions introduced by Supervisor
Elaine McConnell. Commissioner Murphy’s current term will expire in
December 2010.
Mr. Murphy is serving his 17th consecutive year as Commission Chairman, after first being elected in 1989, and having previously served two terms as Vice Chairman and three years as Commission Secretary.
Commissioner Murphy currently serves as a member of the Planning Commission’s Personnel and Budget Committee, Capital Improvement Program Committee, and the Commission’s Seminar Committee. In prior years, he has also chaired the following: Capital Improvement Program Committee; Seminar Committee; Committee on Proffers and Staff Reports; Development Criteria Committee; Retail Uses in Industrial Districts Committee; Committee on 456/2232 Procedures; and Mini-Mart Committee.
During his tenure on the Commission, he also has been an active member of the following committees and task forces: Policy and Procedures, Subcommittee on P-Districts, Lot Reduction Ordinance Amendment, 50th Anniversary, Redevelopment and Housing, Transportation, Fort Belvoir Engineer Proving Ground Task Force, Route 28 Corridor Task Force, C&I Advisory, Parks, and Infill and Residential Development.
Mr. Murphy also served as the Board of Supervisors’ appointee to the Baseball Site Selection Task Force and served as Chairman of the Western Fairfax VRE Station Study Task Force. He now chairs the County’s Telecommunications Task Force.
Commissioner Murphy also served as the first elected chairman of the Northern Virginia Planning District Commission’s Council for Planning Commission Chairmen.
In addition to these activities, Commissioner Murphy was appointed in June 2006 to fill the unexpired term of an At-Large Representative to the Celebrate Fairfax, Incorporated, Board of Directors. He had previously-served six years on that Board of Directors and was elected its Vice President for Planning and Administration and later Vice President for Programs. He is also a member of the Celebrate Fairfax’s President’s Council.
Mr. Murphy is the recipient of the following awards and honors: the 2006 Katherine K. Hanley Public Service Award from Leadership Fairfax; the Times Courier Citizen of the Year; the Distinguished Public Service Leadership Award presented by the Springfield District Council; the Fairfax County Volunteer of the Year Award in the Community Leader Category; an Honors Award from the County’s Department of Planning and Zoning; Honorary Alumnus, Norwich University; Honorary Chief, Burke Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department; and the 2003 James Scott Public Community Spirit Award from Celebrate Fairfax, Inc. In 1999, Mr. Murphy was selected Lord Fairfax for the Springfield District.
Commissioner Murphy is in the public relations and communications field in the private sector. He resides with his wife, Charlene, and daughter, Cherilyn, in Burke.
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